pleasure. bill: we'll talk to former massachusetts senatorscottbrown. heshares with us the impact of the boston community and its strength and its resiliency. so senator brown is my guest here in a moment. patti ann: meanwhile texas governor rick perry will be talking about that deadly explosion south of dallas in just a few hours. one witness saying it was like a nuclear bomb went off. more than 160 people have been taken to area hospitals. we have this from sergeant patrick swanton from waco just moments ago. >> they are continuing their search-and-rescue efforts. they have not changed anything that they have been doing because of weather, because of rain, because it got cold. they're continuing to search for survivors or injured people to make sure we get them the medical help if they are still there. patti ann: and my next guest represents the district. he is republican congressman bill flores. congressman, thank you for joining us. i'm sorry it is a very difficult day i know. >> it's a tough day in our community, good morning, patti ann. patti ann: it started with a fire at t

tight. it went okay. tojohnbrown, aformer member of the british parliament on how the british folks are getting ready for this weekend and how tight security is already now. john? >> yes, it is. of course, we've got to be alert to the fact that terrorism has been around for centuries. but the oxygen of terror is public limelight and public events which create public limelight. but there is a key difference between terror, the atmosphere of terror, and actual terrorist action. even failed terrorists action can aseed terror, like the underwear bombing in the airplane created great disruption to transport. american counter terror is very good, but no nation, britain or america, can protect everybody. and the key is how we as a nation respond. first of all, we must remember that we look at death, we see everyone is going to die and some brutally, unfortunately. but there are roughly 42,000 people died in 2001 in america on the road accidents. hundreds of thousands die of cancer and heart disease every year. and when terrorist action comes, suddenly there is a massive thao those other de

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as well. really all hands on deck for the story. massachusetts senatorscottbrown, formermassachusetts scott brown is now back in boston. he is also a fox news contributor. and, senator, it be good being back in your hometown after being away for a few days as the story developed. what are you seeing and hearing today? >> well, obviously i want to first of all thank the law enforcement personnel. obviously we've had another loss of life and i understand another officer is battling out of surgery. our thoughts and prayers go out to them. obviously very thankful for the efforts and flawless and seamless transition between the federal, state and municipal and law enforcement personnel. boston is basically a ghost town. there are some businesses open. those are reflection of people already gotten in. i pulled in about the 6:15 this morning. had six or seven convoys of officers, motorcycles, swat steams, cruisers going in and out of traffic to get in. there is obviously officers all over. i was able to go up to the finish line for bottom boston marathon. once again it is certainly cordoned

and fox news contributor,scottbrown. senator,good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. good morning. >> steve: patriots day, boston marathon day. that is the biggest, happiest, most celebratory day of the year in boston. >> listen, you had the red sox playing. it is patriots day. you had the marathon, probable will he an extra million five people in the city of about 640,000. so it certainly was a target ripe environment, target rich environment. it's just tragic to go from this horrific scene, i think everybody was just shocked, but i'll tell you what, i'm angry. i know a lot of other people are angry. i got a text, a long text from doug flutie, former quarterback, as you know, boston college fame, saying where do i sign up? who do we go and get? you see joann drowsy helping out a -- andruzi helping out. we're going to do a top to bottom review of what went right and wrong and make sure it doesn't happen again. >> steve: i understand the anger. but you look at all the first responders, all the police officers, all the national guardsmen who were there yesterday. the city was vigila

male wearingabrownandwhite checkered shirt and standing in between the guy in the red shirt and the guy in the white hat. listen to this. >> investigation is moving forward. we're having some successes. we need more. there is good information out there that will help us get to him. that is what we'll do. >> reporter: let's look at the suspect. he is walking in the crowd away from the scene. you hear sirens in the background. so many people were frightened. people say the party atmosphere turned to panic when they heard gunfire at civic center park just before 5:00 p.m. saturday. listen to this. >> i was watching the show. then all of sudden i hear the first shot and pop, pop, pop. everyone just, the whole crowd went down and started walking over each other, trampling each other. doing everything. >> climbed over the wall. >> it was crazy. >> reporter: that pot celebration was expected to draw 80,000 people after recent laws in that state made pot legal for recreational use. jon? jon: just as we saw in boston, using video to try to get the public involved. >> exactly, exactly

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